Bensonville

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title: "Bensonville" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-liberia", "populated-places-established-by-americo-liberians", "montserrado-county", "county-capitals-in-liberia"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-liberia" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bensonville" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Bensonville
other_name	Bentol, Bentol City
native_name
settlement_type
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pushpin_label_position	bottom
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subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Liberia
subdivision_type1	County
subdivision_name1	Flag of Montserrado County.svg Montserrado
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Careysburg
leader_title1
established_title
established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Imperial
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2008
population_total	4089
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
elevation_m	90
elevation_ft	298
postal_code_type
blank_name	Climate
blank_info	Am
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Bensonville is the capital city of Montserrado County, Liberia. As of the 2008 national census, its population stood at 4,089. Bensonville is located 20 mi away from the national capital, Monrovia, which is also located in Montserrado County. It is a commercial center for the surrounding agricultural area.

It was the birthplace of William R. Tolbert, Jr., the 20th president of Liberia. Before he was killed in a coup in 1980, Tolbert had planned to make Bensonville the country's new capital city.

Prior to the Liberian Civil War, Bensonville's industrial activity included producing milled rice, sawn wood, soap, plastics, paints, furniture and fixtures, cement blocks, oils, processed fish, and confections.

References

References

2. (2008). "2008 National Population and Housing Census: Preliminary Results". Government of the Republic of Liberia.
3. Vick, Karl. [http://www.genocidewatch.org/images/Liberia_10_Aug_03_Liberian_Strife_Is_Traced_to_Turbulent_Past2.pdf "Liberian Strife Is Traced To Turbulent Past: Some Blame Turmoil On Its American Roots"] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-06-10 , ''Washington Post'', Foreign Service, August 10, 2003.)
4. [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/61200/Bentol "Bentol"] ''Britannica'' Online Encyclopedia

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